# Merge Detective mystery story — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of Merge Detective mystery story by Sergey Karakozov, rated 4.50/5 from 303 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/merge-detective-mystery-story/id1618726233/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/merge-detective-mystery-story/id1618726233.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 226 · 4★ 36 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of Merge Detective mystery story? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Addictive gameplay - 💡 Interesting merge concept - 👍 Enjoyable story elements - 👍 Good idea behind game **Cons** - ⏳ Extremely slow progression - ⏳ Long wait for new content - 💸 Frustrating energy system - 💸 Pay-to-progress mechanics - incomplete Game is unfinished - 🐛 Game glitches - 🐛 Game not loading - 💸 In-app purchases don't work - ⏳ Slow game time - 🤔 Repetitive gameplay loop **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes mid-play - Unable to proceed due to glitches - Game won't load - In-app purchases not removing ads - Game freezes on loading screen **Most requested features** - Add more chapters - Continue the story - Fix in-app purchase issues - Add more content - More items to find at once ## Newest reviews (15 of 57) ### 4/5 — Frustrating *2024-12-14* I’ve been waiting for over a year now for the next update so I can continue with the game, but there hasn’t been any updates & keep seeing the message “the next level is under development”. Really? Ok I’m done waiting I’m just going to delete the game. **Developer response:** Hi! We are so sorry you have encountered this issue! Our team is working hard on fixing it. We will do our best to fix it as soon as possible! ### 2/5 — Need more chapter *2024-04-11* I really like this game, but is 13/13 the end of it? I’ve been waiting well over a month and no new chapters have been added. **Developer response:** Hi! We are so sorry for the inconvenience! Our game team is working hard on the issue and will do our best to fix this in the upcoming updates. Thank you for your patience! 🙏 ### 2/5 — Merge Detective *2024-03-19* Another game by this developer, that has a glitch which makes one unable to proceed. Fix please. **Developer response:** Hi! We are so sorry you have encountered this issue! Our team is working hard on fixing it. We will do our best to fix it as soon as possible! ### 4/5 — Waiting for update *2024-02-01* I really enjoyed playing this game but been waiting for ages for an update so I can continue! I need to know what happens next lol ### 4/5 — Very Entertaining Game *2024-01-06* I downloaded this game like 8 months ago but came to a crossroads when I reached the end & it stated that the game was still under development. So I uninstalled the game & came back to it 5 1/2 months later & started the game over from the beginning, just to come back to the same point in the game just to find out that it is STILL under development. Really? Why even have this game out to play if it hasn’t been completed? Please update this game past level (Chapter 13). I really want to know how this game ends. ### 4/5 — Обновление :( *2023-07-17* После обновления пропала коробка из которой достаются документы и отмычки. ### 3/5 — Aggravating *2023-05-18* I've been playing this game for many a couple of weeks and can only find one clue at a time and it takes forever to get. I run out of energy on the item I have to tap before I run out of moves! At least have us looking for other items too and maybe some side games. Otherwise I might delete it. ### 2/5 — How do you get to new chapters *2023-05-10* I enjoyed playing, completed the first chapter. Waited for awhile, I’d say a couple of weeks. Kept playing the daily achievements. Finally deleted the game. Reinstalled a while later and got another chapter. It lasted longer than the previous. Completed it several days ago and no new chapter. I have earned so coins and donuts, I really don’t want to delete again. Reading some of the comments this seems a major issue. It currently is early May, new chapters were coming soon in July but no mention of which year ### 4/5 — Updates? *2023-03-24* It says they were worrying on updates but that was in July!! Is the game just not going forward? ### 3/5 — Needs some updates. *2023-03-01* I like finally got the reward after 200 days, This game had 0 updates this past 2 months. But I liked it. ### 3/5 — Annoying *2023-02-25* Finished first level then can’t get any further as the game appears to be locked ### 4/5 — Patients *2022-12-21* Love the game. Can’t wait for new chapters. Any word on when that might be? ### 4/5 — This is fun but… *2022-11-29* Only Chapter 1 ?? 色々バグはあるものの、それなりに楽しんでたんですが、チャプター1しか出来上がってないんですね。続き楽しみにしています。 ### 2/5 — . *2022-11-09* When is other levels coming out **Developer response:** Hi, Charms29! We are working on next chapters and will release them very soon! :) ### 2/5 — Не интересно *2022-10-12* Удаляю игру через 10 дней, с учётом того, что последние дни заходила туда максимум на пол минуты. Соглашусь в отзывами ниже: очень долгое и скучное продвижение. Дается всего одно задание, и порой, чтобы его выполнить уйдут недели. Плюс задания повторяются по типу: 1) «я еду в участок»: найти ключи; 2) «я выезжаю из участка»: найти ключи. И тыкаешь одно и то же подряд миллион раз. Даже нет смысла платить за ускорение, если там опять следует одно и тоже. Еще разочаровала сама графика игрового поля, по сравнению с другими играми такого же сегмента, передвижение предметов какое-то топорное, не плавное **Developer response:** Привет, ridrid1618! Нам очень жаль, что игра не оправдала Ваших ожиданий! Мы всегда открыты к идеям и предложениям игроков. Если у Вас таковые имеются, свяжитесь с нами по почте help@foranj.com 👍 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bug\glitch *2025-12-31* Whenever I’m halfway through playing this game I get kicked of it and it keeps on continuing this. **Developer response:** Hi! We are so sorry for the inconvenience! Our game team is working hard on the issue and will do our best to fix this in the upcoming updates. Thank you for your patience! 🙏 ### 1/5 — Needs improvement *2025-07-14* I decided to try this game but I will admit I will probably stop playing. It takes forever to get even one item when you need a certain item it takes up all your energy just trying to get it. I feel that it was done this way in order to get people to buy energy. The game is ok but not really much fun to play so I will probably delete it. **Developer response:** Hi! We are so sorry for the inconvenience! Our game team is working hard on the issue and will do our best to fix this in the upcoming updates. Thank you for your patience! 🙏 ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2024-12-15* You do the first chapter, then nothing and it seems to be over two years ago since they promised more. **Developer response:** Hi! We are so sorry for the inconvenience! Our game team is working hard on the issue and will do our best to fix this in the upcoming updates. Thank you for your patience! 🙏 ### 1/5 — Don’t spend money *2024-01-23* This game is a scam. It only has one chapter and tells you new chapters coming soon. 6 months later no new chapters. Don’t spend on this game. Delete it. It takes a week to get through the chapter. Total waste of time. **Developer response:** We are so sorry for the inconvenience! Our team is working hard on the issue and will do our best to fix this in the upcoming updates. Thank you for your patience! 🙏 ### 1/5 — Worst game ever *2023-05-20, version 1.17* This is the worst game I played ever. Very dissatisfied with it. I sorry I spend my money. ### 1/5 — Great idea, game is incomplete *2023-01-30* I like the idea behind this game and enjoyed playing it for a while. I wish I had known that it was incomplete though, I don’t think I would have wasted my time with it. I’ve been waiting a couple of months for an update with a continuation of the story. I will probably just wait another few weeks and delete it because if it takes this long to create the next part of the story then I can see this will be a continual thing. Developers should have had more of a plan before releasing. Glad I had not spent money on it yet. ### 1/5 — In app purchases don’t remove ads. *2022-09-07, version 1.17* I ended up spending $4 in the in App Store to remove the ads, but they still persist. At this point, I’d just like my $4 back. ### 1/5 — Horrible! *2022-08-15* I’m on level 4. LEVEL 4! And I cannot do anything. All of the objects are under tape. I cannot anything. I spent almost $10 to get to level 4. This is the WORST game! They make it impossible to move forward without spending A LOT of money! I am not happy. There’s no way to clear the board. I have no options to move forward UNLESS I buy a bunch of donuts to unlock objects. It’s ridiculous! **Developer response:** Hi, Astensrude! This doesn't sound right. We have a lot of players playing the game and no one complained about the board being impossible to clear. Do you take new generators that appear on the left side that allow you to get items which can be merged with the ones under tape? If you need more help with how the game works, contact us directly via the game using the "Help&Support" button. ### 1/5 — Deutsch? *2022-06-11* Nur die Erklärungen sind deutsch - Story ist auf englisch. **Developer response:** Hi! The game has been released recently. We are still working on localization. We will do our best to add more languages as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding. ### 1/5 — Unfinished *2022-05-21* It is a standard merge game. One great thing they do is show you what produces what instead of having to figure it out on your own which seems to be a common & yet very dumb idea in most merge games. I really liked the idea of having to solve a crime, BUT YOU DON’T SOLVE anything. The game is unfinished! Don’t release a game if you only have the first part completed. I would probably up my rating if the game had at least half the game done **Developer response:** Hi! It is completely okay to release games that have chapters. A payers finishes a chapter, we release the next one or more. Anyway, thank you for the review! We are always open to our players' ideas. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the game, please contact us at help@foranj.com 👍 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — More chapters? *2026-05-13* This is my second time restarting this game. I really like this game which is why I keep starting over. I just hope there’s more chapters when I get to the point where I quit last time. ### 5/5 — Merge detective mystery story *2025-06-06* I love the game very much **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for your feedback! We are happy to know you're a part of our players family! We always do our best to make our game better and improve it. We hope you continue enjoying the game. 💜 ### 5/5 — Merge Detective *2024-04-19* Игра супер! А когда будет третья глава? ### 5/5 — Stuck in game *2024-01-21* I can not find how to get the typewriter ### 5/5 — Очень жду продолжения *2023-11-03* Спасибо вам за отличную игру! Пожалуйста, не забрасывайте ее, она вытаскивает меня из депрессии 🩷 ### 5/5 — Игра прикольная *2023-08-07* Очень жалко что так мало глав 😩за неделю прошла, когда новая глава? ### 5/5 — Баг в обновлении *2023-07-16* После обновления пропали коробочки, из которых получаешь предметы для объединения, причем все! Как играть теперь?? Уже и в службу поддержки писала - тишина( а игра классная, мне нравится, но теперь играть невозможно((( ### 5/5 — Addicting. Lose track of time easily *2023-06-20* Fun and addictive. Easy to lose track of time ### 5/5 — Merge detective mystery *2023-04-18* The game is a bit slow and the time of it is very slow, I like it but I might delete it coz I hate slow games. ### 5/5 — Жду продолжения *2022-08-04* Хорошая игра! Будет ли продолжение? А то я жду 😀 **Developer response:** Добрый день, familyTsoy! Усердно работаем над новым обновлением с продолжением истории. :) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-17.*